Ratna Peace Initiative Prison Project

We provide mindfulness meditation instruction through correspondence relationships and in person to incarcerated individuals throughout the United States. We have over 800 prisoners in 48 states with whom we correspond and conduct ongoing guidance related to their coursework. Meditation is taught and practiced as a spiritual discipline, depending on the needs of the inmates requesting our services. It is taught as a means of deepening one's understanding of any spiritual path he or she chooses to walk, or as a secular path to increase understanding of one's emotional patterns. Many inmates fear the mental states which resulted in their present circumstances, and they are extremely appreciative of tools that allow them to tame their minds and increase stability and peace of mind in prison.

In geographic areas where it has been possible, we have assigned personal meditation instructors to recently released individuals, to support them in the continuation of their practice, offer them friendship, and help ease their transition back to society.

Click here for a brief description of our correspondence courses.